What We’re Reading in August

Found an interesting website earlier this month called Historic
Indianapolis. I think I ended up there after a post on the Facebook Group Indianapolis Long Ago, which I’m a member (lurking more than contributing). Lot’s of fun facts about the great city of Indianapolis at both locations. I’ve really got the bug to get out of the suburbs and give “city life” a try in Downtown Indianapolis. Not sure I’d make it there more than a few years without wanting to get back to the Urban Sprawl but it would be a fun experiment.

Really nice travel article in the NY Times called From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea by Porter Fox. He spent 6 days on a cargo ship crossing the Great Lakes and checking out the sights along the way. Evidently this is a totally legit trip and cargo ships offer this in limited quantities. Probably going to be booked for a while after this article gets circulated.

Keeping on the maritime theme this morning the NY Times wrote about the only floating Zip Code in the US. It’s a mail boat that meets up with cargo ships, like the ones in the previously mentioned article, and delivers mail, packages and supplies. Sounds like a great summer job for someone a lot younger than me.

Finally, in the food department, Hostess is rolling out Deep Fried Twinkies in a Walmart frozen food aisle near you. Preliminary reviews have actually been positive piquing my interest just enough to maybe try in the near future.

Have a great week out there & like it or not Fall will be here Thursday, September 22. Get those outdoor activities planned!